Friday night, The Disney Channel debuted the sequel to “High School Musical,” aptly called “High School Musical 2.” If you live with, or near, anyone between the ages of 8 and 13, you know that this is one of the monumental events of the 21st century. The first “High School Musical” cost four million dollars…

The gospel today begins with a journey. “Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste…” This time of year, I think, a lot of us can appreciate the idea of taking a trip. Millions of us are headed to the beach or the mountains, National Parks or Disney World. But what Mary…

You can collect almost anything these days. The Franklin Mint is making a mint selling everything from replicas of antique cars to porcelain scenes from “Gone With the Wind.” When I was growing up, the mother of my best friend collected little Hummel figurines. Well, I have a collection of my own: these three-dollar umbrellas.…

Back in the 1947 – 60 years ago — newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst bought an estate in Beverly Hills for the then-astounding sum of 120-thousand dollars. Hearst only lived there four years before he died. A variety of other people have owned it since then, and it acquired a colorful history. Well, last month,…

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